CT 20, pl. 20, K 10839 (P398922)

Divination tablet excavated in Nineveh (mod. Kuyunjik), dated to the Neo-Assyrian (ca. 911-612 BC) period and now kept in British Museum, London, UK

Cite

Photo

Lineart

Museum Collection(s)

British Museum, London, UK

Museum Number

BM —

Period

Neo-Assyrian (ca. 911-612 BC)

Provenience

Nineveh (mod. Kuyunjik)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Scholarly or scientific > Divination (extispicy)

Language(s)

Akkadian

Measurements

Text content

Genre(s)	Scholarly or scientific > Divination (extispicy)
Language(s)	Akkadian

Chronology

Period	Neo-Assyrian (ca. 911-612 BC)
Dates Referenced
Accounting Period

Record

CDLI number	P398922
Permalink	https://cdli.network/entity/P398922

Physical information

Artifact type	Tablet
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s)	Clay
Preservation

Provenance

Provenience	Nineveh (mod. Kuyunjik)
Written In
Excavation Number
Findspot
Stratigraphic Level
Elevation

Collections

Collection(s)	British Museum, London, UK
Museum Number	BM —
Accession Number	K 10839

External resources

External Resource	Identifiers
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL)	K.10839
Ashurbanipal Library Project (AsbP)	P398922
British Museum Collection (BM)	W_K-10839

References

primary: CT 20, 20, K 10839

[Thompson1904CT20] Thompson, R. Campbell. 1904. Cuneiform Texts. Cuneiform Texts from Babylonian Tablets in the British Museum 20.
history: Multabiltu, 111

[Koch-Westenholz2005Multabiltu] Koch-Westenholz, Ulla S. 2005. Secrets of Extispicy : The Chapter Multābiltu of the Babylonian Extispicy Series and Niṣirti Bārûti Texts Mainly from Aššurbanipal’s Library. Vol. 326. Alter Orient Und Altes Testament . Münster : Ugarit-Verlag.

Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
2024-07-08 at 17:08:42	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata, Other metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2024-07-08 at 17:06:30	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata, Other metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2023-08-19 at 13:19:51	Rattenborg, Rune	Artifact metadata	Rattenborg, Rune; Smidt, Gustav Ryberg	Geomapping Landscapes of Writing	Rattenborg, Rune	Approved
2023-07-05 at 19:07:10	Rattenborg, Rune	Artifact metadata	Rattenborg, Rune	Geomapping Landscapes of Writing	Rattenborg, Rune	Approved
2023-01-21 at 07:56:19	Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Artifact metadata	Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Electronic Babylonian Library	Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Approved
2010-02-17 at 00:00:00	CDLI	Artifact metadata	Michalowski, Piotr	British Museum Collection	CDLI	Approved

Cite this Artifacts

“CT 20, Pl. 20, K 10839 Artifact Entry.” (2010) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 8, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P398922.

CT 20, pl. 20, K 10839 artifact entry (No. P398922). (2024, July 8). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P398922 (Original work published 2010)

CT 20, pl. 20, K 10839 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P398922 (Accessed: April 10, 2026).

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Cite this Artifacts

“CT 20, Pl. 20, K 10839 Artifact Entry.” (2010) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 8, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P398922.

CT 20, pl. 20, K 10839 artifact entry (No. P398922). (2024, July 8). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P398922 (Original work published 2010)

CT 20, pl. 20, K 10839 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P398922 (Accessed: April 10, 2026).

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	year = {2024},
	month = {jul 8},
	title = {CT 20, pl. 20, {K} 10839 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P398922},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P398922},
}

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